Author: Günther Simon
Date: 14:52:43 10/21/03
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>>>Yes, but if you check all the games played by the SSDF or any other two engines, >>>there is always one side that stand better at the end of the Opening, but at >>>least we know that these Openings were NOT made by chess Playes rated less than >>>2600 :-) >> >>That's not the point. You force engines to follow a bookline for over 45 moves, >>then sometimes the first move out of book is a resign. What's the point if the >>program didn't have any choice before ( and neither did the opponent) ? >> >>Tony > > > >You are wrong my friend at the beginning of the match I set it up to 20 games >and then under the Option I chose repeat start position with colors switched, I >didn't select any games The Arena GUI did automatically. And if you checked more >carefully you will notice that game 1 and 2 and so 3 and 4 and so on but with >colors reversed. Therefore, there was no advantage for either engine at all. > > >Pichard That's irrelevant and Tony did not speak of an advantage for a certain opponent but of a disadvantage for _both_ opponents in a match with a book that contains a lot of bad+long lines. Changin' colours doesnt help to make the book and the situation better. By that way you can almost produce even results between opponents, which differ a lot in strength... Regards, Günther
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